The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software. Debian comes with over 50,000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) - all of it free. It's a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools. Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian -- carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.

To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page.

Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.

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Version: 9Rating: 10Date: 2018-11-19Votes: 2

Everything is just fine with Debian 9. IMHO It is better than its other popular children again! Reborn (at least for me). It gives you more control, it detects almost all your hardware, it is stable, you can choose your DE but GNOME is super fast, you can use Ubuntu repos (u need some extra knowledge), it's fast, can be cutting edge (Sid). You can do with it whatever you want, even transform it into a pentesting distro, without "leaving the room", it has all you need.

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Version: 9Rating: 10Date: 2018-11-16Votes: 14

To my mind LINUX DEBIAN IS ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT DISTROS because...
...it has a very efficient package management.
...you can choose: stable, unstable, testing.
...you can choose your freedom: contrib, free o non-free repos.
...it has one of the best hardware support.
...you have the vastest docs, help and community.
...it is made with love and dedication of thousands of developers worldwide!
...you are free to create your own reasons.